Football Preview: Freedom Eagles vs. John Champe Knights
The Freedom Eagles will be playing at home against the John Champe Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Freedom is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
Freedom is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Gainesville last Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Freedom was beaten by Gainesville 42-6. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Cardinals are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, John Champe put another one in the bag last Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Broad Run 38-21.
John Champe can attribute much of their success to Tyler Kann, who gained 93 total yards and three touchdowns, and Dawon Harvey Jr, who gained 136 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Harvey Jr a new career-high in rushing yards (94). Harrison Tyler was another key player, rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown.
John Champe's record is now 9-0. As for Freedom, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Freedom was taken down by John Champe 50-7 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of John Champe's Dominic Plush, who threw for 517 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Now that Freedom knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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